Hi people, I'm running a DNS server using BIND, and I downloaded the list of the root servers from [http://www.internic.net/zones/named.root]. I found out that there is one root server, F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, which is located in Tel-Aviv [http://www.root-servers.org/]. Actually, there are 40 different servers called F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, all using the same IP address, and one of them is in Tel-Aviv. When my server contacts F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, it is directed to the one in Tel-Aviv. It takes 5 msec to return a query from this server (my server is located in Haifa), while the other root servers take 81 msec or 182 msec or even 497 msec. I want to know how do I configure BIND to try F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET first, or is that done automatically?
By the way, maybe using my ISP (Netvision)'s DNS servers is better? I don't know. I have some domain names which are configured locally, but maybe I should redirect root server queries to Netvision's servers? Would it be faster? And how do I do that? When I have a domain, is it OK if all the domain name servers are located in Israel? Or would it be better if I would also have name servers in other countries? Where are the .com and .net servers located? (A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET etc). Are they all located in the United States? Or are some of them located elsewhere? And where are the .il servers located? P.S. How do I check which version of BIND I'm using? Best Regards, Uri Even-Chen Speedy Net www.speedy.net ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
